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We have all heard these words said by leaders, and now we even see them commonly espoused as corporate values. 'We prize our people’ ‘Our people are key’ ‘Our people are our greatest asset' ...

Often these days I hear people say ‘Oh, I don’t do small talk’. Small talk has a big bad reputation! It can bring us out in a cold sweat as we remember awkward networking events where we str...

It’s a fact that every single team, in every single department, in every single organisation across the world has some issues to deal with. There is no such thing as the perfect team – there...

You may consider yourself a great leader, with a team who respects you and does as you ask, but one of the key currencies that teams trade on is trust. If trust isn’t shared between the team...

As a leader, I bet that you can easily categorise the members of your team if I ask you to. Who are the office heroes, who are the extras and who are the dreaded working dead, the office zom...

I find myself reflecting on what it means to join a company where you’re a senior leader – but also a newbie. It’s a strange mix. Striking the balance between being ready and willing to soak...

Does your workplace encourage mixing the personal with the professional? If not, it could be missing a massive trick when it comes to employee engagement. In his book ‘Vital Friends: The Peo...

Leader's can't be authentic alone What started as a brief overview of what makes an authentic leader sparked great discussions and debates between Steve and I, and made us both realise that ...